An internship at Everett's Village Theater for former music major Jamie Lilly '04 leads to full time job in something she loves.
The Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority has long been awaiting the draw of the red curtain in Cordiner Hall this Friday, Oct. 30, for their eighth annual Mr. Whitman pageant. A fundraiser for a chosen non-profit organization, the event brings eight male contestants to compete in formal attire, swim wear, talent ...
In 2005, author J.C. Hutchins was at an impasse. “I started looking for an agent in 2005, and that went nowhere,” he said in an interview with me regarding “7th Son,” his trilogy of novels. His original 1300-page manuscript was turned down by every agent he met. With the advent of the ...
Flaring emotions, heated back-and-forths, the squeal of the referee’s whistle, the rowdy crowds—all of the things that make rivalry weekend great were in full effect over the weekend. As IM football playoffs near, each game becomes that much more important, as a good seed in the playoffs can be the difference ...
Sophomore Gia Anastasiou and first-year Julia Bowman were walking down Boyer Avenue toward Reid at 8 p.m. on Oct. 17 when, practically out of nowhere, a man on a bike bumped into them and pulled Anastasiou’s purse from her hand. The pair chased after the thief but couldn’t keep ...
Flu-like symptoms continue to hit the Whitman campus. As of yesterday, Oct. 28, there have been a total of 85 cases of flu-like symptoms this season at the Welty Health Center. The health center does not test whether or not individual cases are H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. ...
The upcoming Nov. 3 election isn’t a sexy presidential race, but Whitman students should still take it seriously. Two issues in particular dominate the Washington state ballot—the way we see it, R-71, if not passed, compromises the civil rights of gay couples, while I-1033 has the potential to undermine state ...
In the satirically ravenous style of the British mockumentary (see the U.K. version of "The Office"), "In the Loop," a new film from Armando Innucci about the joint U.S.–U.K. talks to invade Iraq, leaves nothing in its critical wake by making fun of everything from the furtive U.S. war commission ...
While Whitman's Board of Trustees prepares to meet on campus Nov. 5 and 6, who the board is and what it does remains unknown to many Whitman students. Tony Cabasco, dean of admission and financial aid, remembers when as a student he too felt in the dark regarding the Board. “As ...
1. Campus Crime Log Campus Security Officers are required to document their activities during each shift. These activities are then translated into a security log, which details any alleged criminal incidents that occur daily. The crime log includes the nature of the crime, the date and time it occurred, the location of ...
When I told a professor that I’m working on a project to install energy efficient compact florescent light bulbs (CFL) in low-income areas in Walla Walla, he became excited. Then I told him that I’m writing my senior thesis on possible ways that this reduction in greenhouse gases could count ...
Waking up from an eight-hour siesta, glancing at the clock in the dark and recalling with remorse how many assignment deadlines I had missed because of this extended nap—the result of working overnight on a midterm paper—I suddenly got a sense of Whitman's bubble. My personal Whitman bubble is currently ...
The following statistics are from the Whitman College Annual Security Report, which can be found at http://www.whitman.edu/content/security/annualreport. Fifteen instances of rape were reported in 2008, eight occurring on campus (in residence halls, on campus or on non-campus property) and seven occurring off campus. This number has more than doubled since 2007, ...
Each Thursday, The Pioneer highlights three events happening on campus or in Walla Walla over the weekend. Here are this week’s picks: Mr. Whitman Eight of Whitman’s hottest male seniors compete in a beauty pageant that will benefit Seattle-based nonprofit Salud Juntos, which works to improve medical practices in Honduras. Friday, Oct. ...
This weekend, Broadcast and Atlas Sound, with support from the Selmanaires, will be appearing at Neumos in Seattle on Saturday, Oct. 31, and at the Doug Fir in Portland on Sunday, Nov. 1. Having just seen this same tour last week as part of CMJ, I can draw two conclusions: 1. ...
I was shocked and scared when I first noticed the two rifles sitting next to me in the police cruiser. That was the closest I’d ever been to a gun, especially an assault rifle, and there two were leaning upright against the glass that separates the back of the police ...
With no national races, the elections on Tuesday, Nov. 3, aren't at the forefront of most voters' attention, but that doesn't mean democracy comes to a ...
If you saw "Juno," you’ll remember lead actress Ellen Page as hilarious, quirky and immensely lovable and sympathetic, so it’s a bit shocking to see her twist those qualities in "Hard Candy." Her character Hayley remains entertaining, intelligent and compelling, but also cruel and lethal.
Earlier this month, Beth Humphrey (who happens to be white) and her boyfriend, Terence McKay (who happens to be black), went to a Louisiana justice of the peace seeking a marriage license. The judge’s answer? He does not perform inter-racial marriages. The story made headlines worldwide. According to London’s Guardian, justice of ...
[caption id="attachment_9699" align="aligncenter" width="630" caption="Credit: Sloane"][/caption] If representatives from each of Walla Walla’s three colleges have their way, the region will soon be transformed by an energy revolution. This, at least, is the hope of Walla Walla University physics professor Fred Liebrand. ...
The Lewis-Clark State Lady Warriors showed why they are ranked 24th in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics on Tuesday, Oct. 27, sweeping the Missionaries in three games with scores of 25-20, 25-13 and 25-18. Despite the final score, the Whitman volleyball team showed signs of life in the early ...
Wall the border. Abolish the income tax. Withdraw from Iraq, Afghanistan and, while we’re at it, the UN and NATO, too. Abolish NAFTA to protect American jobs. Who believes in these kinds of things? The paleoconservatives, that’s who. It may sound like something related to dinosaurs and its critics would contend ...
“So are you guys dating or do you just hook-up a lot?” My friend squirmed over the question. “Well, we’re not really dating or anything but it’s not just random hookups either, I’d say we’re . . . thinging?” Ah. At first, I had absolutely no clue what the hell this was ...
It was cold and muddy out when I went to practice with the Whitman women’s rugby team, the Motherruckers. After arriving a little late to the Harper Joy field, I was immediately told by Erin Winsper, the coach and ‘07 alumna, to run a lap and stretch. The team was ...
First-year Natalie Jamerson’s Halloween costume is taking over her room. “There’s more cardboard than living space in my double,” she said, before reassuring me, “No injuries yet.” Her costume? A house. “From the Pixar movie 'Up.' It’s a quirky old house that the main character of the movie attaches—I think it’s 470,000 ...
In the early stages of the Whitman men’s soccer team’s Oct. 27 contest with the University of Great Falls, the dark, almost black clouds encircling the pitch were not the only things foretelling the team’s doom; that its opponents rattled off four shots on goal within the first third of ...
Take a town like Walla Walla and a college like Whitman, put them together, and it may seem like you have achieved the ultimate safety utopia. Maybe we have: Whitman students are notorious for leaving their dorm rooms unlocked, their laptops unattended at the library and their bicycles lying outside ...
The annual male beauty pageant, Mr. Whitman, will take place Friday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. in Cordiner Hall. The event offers a few new surprises this year, according to Kappa Kappa Gamma Philanthropy Chair, and one of the event's organizers, junior Leah Wheeler. “This year’s theme is Superheroes, a kind ...
First-year Maggie Appleton feels utterly safe in her Whitman bubble and is not paranoid about members of the Walla Walla community wreaking havoc upon her notions of security. “The really dodgy ones that are going to potentially gang rape someone don’t come to hear talks on the U.S. foreign oil trade ...
Over thirty graduate schools attended Whitman's eighth annual grad school fair this past Tuesday, Oct. 27. The schools attended to recruit potential applicants and give students a first hand look at the rigorous application process. “With the economy, it's definitely getting harder to get into graduate school,” said Student Engagement Center ...
Volleyball: The Missionaries (4-15, 1-11 NWC) travel to Tacoma, Wash. this weekend for matches with Northwest Conference leaders Pacific Lutheran University (16-5, 12-0 NWC) and the third-place University of Puget Sound (14-6, 8-4 NWC) on Oct. 30 and 31, respectively. The Whitman women hope to climb out of the conference basement ...
As winter approaches, the Walla Walla Farmers' Market draws to a close. The last market will be this Saturday, Oct. 31, and with the exception of the Holiday Market in December, fresh and local produce will not grace the streets on weekend mornings until May. The growers and farmers that sell ...
The 2009-2010 National Basketball Association season begins this week. In the years directly after Michael Jordan’s retirement (the real one in 1998: this column will not acknowledge the words “baseball” or “Wizards”), such a sentence would usually be followed by an enormous yawn and orders to be woken up sometime ...
I have four major phobias: organ music, dying alone, Renaissance faires and foods that look like anything other than food. As a child, I could never understand how people enjoy those little candies that looked like hamburgers. Even fruit-shaped fruit snacks bothered me. Needless to say, Halloween can be a frightening ...
Senior Will Canine, student advocacy chair for ASWC, could not have been happier. “That’s student input right there,” he said as he held up a stack of responses to the Whitman policies that were discussed at the ASWC Town Hall last Thursday, Oct. 22. A “ballot” was offered to the more than ...
This Tuesday is election day, and neither Barack Obama nor John McCain appears on the ballot. This fact might be enough to stop some people from voting, but there are still compelling issues that Washington voters will decide on, including caps on the state budget and the rights of domestic ...
This week we recapped ASWC's town hall meeting where ASWC executive council, senators, club presidents and the general Whitman community gathered to discuss printing, the Alternative Voices Requirement, and changes to the Academic Dishonesy Policy. We also touched in with President George Bridges about the issues raised at the town ...
With the release of J.C. Hutchins's novel "7th Son: Descent," the Pio is partnering with several other blogs and content authors to release a 100-page, Special Edition PDF excerpt of the book, but we're doing it with a twist. From today until Thursday Nov. 6, I'll be taking submissions ...
Another edition of the Pioneer's exclusive crossword from Whitman puzzlemaster Karl Wallulis.
Memo to Club Latino: While reviewing your request to fund activities for your club over the coming semester, I had a few thoughts regarding the nature of your events. In the spirit of encouraging diversity, I feel that Club Latino’s celebration of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the “Cinco de Mayo” festival ...
Lyman Dining Hall – M4W – 18 I saw you eating your boca burger and reading “The Odyssey” (by Homer). I was wearing Birkenstocks, ath- letic shorts and a Whitman hoodie. I think you were with your boyfriend. I love Homer. Did you know he was blind? Crazy! If you will ...
Just a selection of some of those awkward gestures that riddle the human realm...
Ice cream social Bring in a pound and a half of candy corn that you have nibbled all of the tips off and then offer it to others in the sauna before saying, “Oh no! This candy corn has no tips!” Start a sit-in to bring back YakBaks Drag a desk covered in ...
Getting students involved in community activism isn't always about capturing their interest in the issue at stake; sometimes it's necessary to engage other interests first. In its kick-off events at Whitman College and Walla Walla University, the Network for Young Walla Walla opted for balloons and banana splits, respectively.
There's a small office on Capitol Hill that is playing a major role in determining whether Americans will have affordable health care or more renewable energy in the coming year. The Congressional Budget Office, a nonpartisan body in charge of providing economic data to Congress, has an incredible amount of power ...
Ann Jauhiainen took pride in her work. As general merchandise buyer for the Whitman College bookstore, she devoted more than 11 years of service to the campus, and was the recipient of Whitman’s Town-Gown Award (now the Pete and Hedda Reid Service to Walla Walla Award) in 2007. She participated ...
Ryan Creal ‘12 jumps through the Coming Out Door on Ankeny on Oct. 16. GLBTQ and Coalition Against Homophobia hosted the door to encourage Whitties to embrace their identity, be it sexual orientation or any other identity. National Coming Out Day is observed each Oct. 11, but GLBTQ and Colalition ...
Catie MacIntyre Walker, the self-proclaimed “wild wine woman of Walla Walla,” has been in the business for years. Though she’s graduated from the Center for Enology and Viticulture at Walla Walla, many of her formative experiences as a wine lover have been hands-on—she’s spent time doing the dirtier parts of ...
After last year’s hit, student-produced, zombie musical “Francis,” seniors Ian Jagel and Peter Richards collaborated to form the new theater troupe called 12 Stones in hopes of producing high-quality, student-sponsored and student-supported theater. “We’re hoping for an all-inclusive, non-denominational theater outlet for all students on campus,” said Richards. They also hope that the ...
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